by Associated Press AP Weekly News Calendar by The Associated Press, Associated Press - 17 September 2014 20:04-04:00 Thursday, September 18: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND — Voters decide whether Scotland should become an independent country or remain part of the United Kingdom. BERLIN — Turkey's foreign minister meets his German counterpart for talks. PARIS — French President Francois Hollande gives wide-ranging news conference, as he comes under criticism from all sides over his handling of the economy, his government and his private life. LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Slovenia's parliament votes to approve a new center-left govenrment of Prime Minister-designate Miro Cerar, a political newcomer who won most votes at July 13 snap election. FRANKFURT, Germany — Europe's financial stability watchdog, the European Systemic Risk Board, holds a meeting. FRANKFURT, Germany — European Central Bank hands out the first batch of low-interest, long-term loans to banks. BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets the Philippines' president, Benigno Aquino. News conference at 1115 GMT. COPENHAGEN, Denmark — British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond meets Danish foreign minister. News conference at 14.30 GMT. JERUSALEM — The Bible Lands Museum puts the world's oldest known Jewish prayer book on display. It is the first time the 1,200 year old book will be shown in Israel. DOHA, Qatar — Qatar Airways holds press conference to mark receiving its first Airbus A380 jet. ATHENS, Greece — Anti-racism groups in Greece planning rallies, open-air concerrts in two-day events marking a year since the murder of a rap singer Pavlos Fyssas, whose death triggered a crackdown on the extreme right Golden Dawn party. WASHINGTON — House of Representatives Republicans devote the first hearing of the special committee they established on the two-year-old terrorist attack on U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya. DES MOINES, Iowa — Vice President Joe Biden returns to Iowa, the first state to hold a vote in the presidential nominating process. WASHINGTON — The House votes on President Obama's request for authority to train and arm Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State militants in conjunction with U.S. air strikes in Iraq as part of a wide-ranging spending bill. WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama meets with Ukraine's president, Petro Poroshenko. Poroshenko also has been invited to address a joint meeting of Congress. WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry testifies about the Islamic State group before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. WASHINGTON — House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on protecting privacy rights and civil liberties while keep commercial flying safe. WASHINGTON — Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on protections in consumer financial services. SAN FRANCISCO — Lawyers for Barry Bonds, Major League Baseball's all-time homerun leader, are schedule to a specially convened 11-judge panel to overturn the former San Francisco Giant's obstruction conviction. REDWOOD CITY, California — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg encourages high school students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math, the so-called STEM fields, as part of the company's campaign to expand the pipeline of potential tech workers. UNITED NATIONS — Emergency Security Council meeting on Ebola Friday, September 19: BERLIN — Muslim groups stage a "Day of Peace" at mosques across Germany to protest against racism and violence, including by the extremist group that calls itself Islamic State. MADRID — A day after Scotland votes on independence, Catalan regional government president Artur Mas is expected to formally announce the Nov. 9 referendum on seceding from Spain. OSLO, Norway — Demonstration planned against Oslo's 2022 Winter Olympics bid. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Caribbean tourism leaders meet in the U.S. Virgin Islands to talk about how to attract more visitors to the region and generate more revenue. WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton speak at a Democratic National Committee fundraising event. UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Secretary of State Kerry chairs a meeting of the United National Security Council on Iraq. Saturday, September 20: NEW ZEALAND — New Zealand goes to the polls, with two-term incumbent Prime Minister John Key favored to win a third term. PARIS — French air accident investigators release initial report on the July crash of Air Algeria jet over Mali. KATOWICE, Poland — Volleyball World Championships semifinals. Sunday, September 21: NEW YORK — Thousands are expected to take part in a march to demand to draw attention to climate change two days before a United Nations summit on the issue. The People's Climate March will also take place in other cities, including Rio de Janiero and Lagos, Nigeria. MADRID— Anti-abortion activists to stage demonstrations in Madrid and other Spanish cities in a bid to pressure the government not to drop plans to introduce a reform that would seriously limit women's chances of having abortions. VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis makes a one-day trip to Albania. KATOWICE, Poland — Volleyball World Championships finals. CAIRO — Trial of ousted President Mohammed Morsi and 130 others resumes in prison break case. DUBAI — Cityscape Global starts, during which real estate investors, developers, regional and city investment promotion authorities, architects, designers and other real estate professionals gather together to share thoughts and ideas and drive growth in the real estate markets around the world. CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — NASA's Maven spacecraft is due to slip into orbit around Mars to study the atmosphere after a monthslong journey through space. CINCINNATI — A special grand jury looking into the fatal shooting of a man by police in an Ohio Wal-Mart will be asked to determine whether any charges should be filed in the case that has drawn national attention. Monday, September 22: BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel meeting with French Prime Minister Manuel Valls. WARSAW, Poland — Polish president to swear in a new center-right government under prime minister-designate Ewa Kopacz. JERUSALEM — Tourism Minister Uzi Landau holds a briefing with the international media to discuss his plans to rehabilitate the tourism industry after a "difficult summer." CANBERRA — Australian Parliament resumes with the government promising to reveal details of its tough counterterrorism draft laws within days. CANBERRA — Ex-Australian parliamentary speaker Peter Slipper to be sentenced on convictions for dishonestly using taxpayer-funded taxi vouchers to visit wineries. NEW YORK — One day after a large climate march, protesters are scheduled to rally in Battery Park before marching to Wall Street to conduct a sit-in and protest what they say are the larage corporate and economic institutions that are causing the climate crisis. Tuesday, September 23: BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel meeting with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. PARIS — French fashion houses launch nine days of ready-to-wear shows for the spring-summer 2015 season — including Jean-Paul Gaultier's last pret-a-porter show. Through Oct. 1. EGYPT — Egypt's military court issues verdict in case against eight members Ansar Beit al-Maqdis militant group accused in three attacks in March against military targets, including two buses of conscripts south of Cairo HONG KONG — SBC China flash manufacturing purchasing managers' index for September. NEW YORK — An Egyptian Islamic preacher whose fiery sermons before and after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks attracted extremists to his London mosque will be sentenced after being convicted of providing material support to terrorist organizations. Wednesday, September 24: UNITED NATIONS — U.N. General Assembly's annual Ministerial Meeting of world leaders begins. NEW DELHI — An Indian satellite carrying scientific equipment is due to reach orbit around Mars, India's maiden mission to the Red Planet. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Arab Aviation Summit in Ras al Khaima that will discuss current trends and challenges faced by the avia-tourism sector in the Arab world and its impact on social and economic growth. 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